Foot-sock.



D. MITCHELL.

FOOT SOCK.

APPLICATION r1150 JULY 20, 1914.

1,141,814, Patented June 1, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20, 1914. Serial No. 851,940.

' To all whom it may concern and useful Improved Foot-Sock, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to socks for wearing on the feet; and hasfor its object to provide a sock which, while it keeps the feet warm and in good condition, will provide for carrying o of perspiration or moisture.

.According to this invention, the sock consists of a sole piece proper, and a cap in the front, extending down a substantial proportion of the sole; and it is made of a more or less solid material (not textile fabrics and the like), such as wash leather, or other soft leather or artificial leather, or like -material, and is provided with apertures of substantial size, at suitable and substantial distances apart; so that while the greater part of the sock is of solid material, which will keep the feet warm, it enables air, by way of the holes, to pass to and from the interior of the sock, and so carry off the moisture and perspiration. This sock device is ref: erably used inside the ordinary soc or stockmg, and is first put over the foot, being drawn on say by a heel portion or tag, at the back, and then the sock or stockmgis'drawn over it. Thus the sock consists mainly of solid material such as referred to, with interspaced holes of substantial diameter, at substantial distances apart.

With regard to the material of which the sock is composed, wash leather or like leather is strong and pleasant, but substitutes for leather and like artificial materials may be used or any material which is analo ous and.

suitable, as regards its solidity, an is sufliciently flexible or (pliable and pleasant'to the touch may be use Or, part may be made of one material and part of another.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings wherein is shown a -per-' spective view of one construction.

Referring to the drawings, a designates.

the sole piece, I) the cap portion of'the sock,

and o a tag or heel part serves for.

putting the sock on, and is adapted to be disposed to the rear of the heel when the sock is in positionon the foot. In this construction, the sock is preferably of one piece of softleather, the cap portion being folded back on the sole piece a, and secured to the Patented J e 1, 1915. a

edges (1 thereof in any suitable manner, such a A sock made as above, is for use next to the foot itself, that is, the ordinary stocking or sock when worn, is put over the perforated soft leather sock, and therefore the improved sock of soft leather, which is preferallgly washable, may be termed an Inner soc It will be understood that other numbers arts of the of apertures to those shown may be formed.

in the different parts of the sock, and that the number shown is the approximate number for each part.

What is claimed is:- a a e 1. An inner sock made of a sin le piece of material, comprising a sole portlon having.

a reduced extension to form a heel tab, and a cap portion, the sole and cap portions being perforated.

2. An inner sock made of a single blank of material, said blank com rising a sole piece having a reduced extension to form a heel tab, said blank having a wing portion on the front, said wing eing turned up and over and its edges stitched to the side edges of the sole piece to form a cap, the sole and capnbeing perforated.

testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

DENNIS TCHELL. Witnesses:

Somnnvnmn Goonann,

J'orm Torture.- 

